Finished WHOSE BOAT IS THIS BOAT?

Bought this because I thought it would be funny.  But after reading through it a couple of times, I realize it is sad and even alarming.  Not only does our president have no experiences that might help him understand what people are going through, he can't even see the destruction and misery in front of his eyes!

Finished ELIZABETH

This is a fairly comprehensive and understanding biography by a fan.  It covers her work, both acting and charity.  We follow her through eight marriages (seven husbands) and health problems--physical and addictions.  We meet her parents, brother, husbands, children and good friends.  I thoroughly enjoyed it.

I am now about to start two books.  The first will take me a few minutes today, Whose Boat is This Boat, by Donald Trump (by Accident).



The second is the 6th in the Poldark series, The Four Swans.  The PBS series is ahead of me in the story, not the way I prefer to read books.  I'd rather read the book before I see it on film, but I find reading after does help to explain things that made little sense when I saw it--usually motivation,though I am left mystified by George Warleggan's by both.

Finished GIANTS AND OGRES

Most of the stories in this beautiful book come from northern Europe where the legends of giants populating the Earth before we did seemed to grow from the mountains and rugged land.  These early giants possessed great wisdom and magic, but as humans began to share the planet with them they deteriorated and became easier for humans to trick and kill.  Familiar stories (Jack and the Beanstalk) mingle with less familiar, but most explain why there are no giants today...

I have now started Night Creatures from the same Enchanted World series.  This starts with the story of Grindel from Denmark, a large man-shaped creature covered hair that ate all sorts of animals, but, when he discovered man, that became his favorite food...

Finished THE NIGHT IS ALIVE

Beyond the characters and the story and the ghosts, Savannah is charming and beckoning.  The story was the kind I race through...just really fun to read.  Loved it.

I have now started Elizabeth by J. Randy Taraborrelli.  I'm not sure the author even talked to his subject during this research, but he certainly ready her autobiographical books and talked to just about everyone else he could find.  Normally I prefer autobiographies, because you get the celebrity's voice.  However, with this, the author was able to study the influences in her early life which explain probably far better than Miss Taylor ever could, her struggles through the remainder of her life.  I'm enjoying this book.

Finished REJECTED WRITER'S TAKE THE STAGE

Besides giving me lots of giggles and at least two good belly laughs, this has a real exciting climax and a wonderful resolution (or resolutions).  Considering how many characters are in these very short books, it is amazing how very different from each other they are and how heartwarmingly most of them behave.  Go to these books after reading something that has kept you on the edge of your seat for three or four days straight.

I am now reading anothe Krewe of Hunters book by Heather Graham, The Night is Alive.  I love the rich setting of this ghost influenced murder mystery.  Set in an historical tavern that was built by our protagonist's who knows how many greats grandfather and uncle in the 1750s, it was once frequented by the pirates of Savannah.  I have been to Savannah and fell in love with it, but then I was exploring locations I'd read about in Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.  Now, already, this book is making me want to go back and explore the location of this book.

Finished another 100 pages of ALEXANDER HAMILTON

It is not uninteresting at all, but it is slow--fine print with a lot on the page, and for this past month, I have been interrupted by coughing fits which took about half a cough drop to calm.  For this reason, I don't recommend anyone borrowing this book from me.  This section started with the decision to draft a constitution to replace the Articles of Confederation, the writing of that, the writing of the Federalist Papers to encourage New York to ratify and then ratification.  Also Hamilton's appt. as Secretary of the Treasury.

I have now started the second book in the Rejected Writers series, Rejected Writer's Take The Stage.  One of our group of quirky ladies is about to lose the farm if they can't come up with $20,000 for the mortgage in two months.  They decide to raise it by putting on a musical show, although none of them has any expertise in this field.  It sounds like a bizarre scheme to me (and probably any reader), but I know some serious misadventures are afoot.

Finished THE DEVIL'S DIARY

It has taken me three weeks to finish this book, partly because it is a slow and appalling read, and partly because I've been sick and it is very hard to concentrate on anything, let alone read, when you are coughing uncontrollably.  I remain at a loss as to how any people could allow this to happen, but it is also scary when certain parallels can be draw to the world today.  One of the reasons given what to make more space for Germans.  And the overpopulation of today does give one pause.  Can we come to our senses and find a better solution???

I have now gone back to Alexander Hamilton, to the time period after the Revolutionary War as he participates in laying the foundation of our country and builds his family.